That year the flowers bloomed 1981

Chapter 1479 I Only Want My Share of the Money
"Professor Zhang was one of my professors when I was in college. He later transferred to my current workplace. My relationship with him isn't as close as you might imagine."

"That's not fair of you, Li Ye. It's not like we brothers didn't go to university. After the professor finished his lectures, did he even know who we were? You graduated seven or eight years ago, and the professor still loves and hates you deeply. You're saying your relationship with him is just so-so?"

"Tsk tsk tsk, young man, you've been keeping this a secret. With Director Zhang looking after you, we'll have to call you 'brother' from now on."

Zhang Qiyan's appearance made Li Ye and Duan Jiajun's dormitory even more lively. As a result, Li Ye's "achievements" in interpersonal communication during his trip to D School were all completed ahead of schedule. Even people who disagreed with him became nodding acquaintances with him and exchanged contact information.

As everyone knows, Zhang Qiyan is no longer the academic luminary he once was at Peking University. He is now one of the representative figures riding the wave of change. Although he may eventually be swept away by the wave, what if he doesn't get swept away but instead rides the wave and rises to great heights?
In mainland China, the relationship between teachers and students has always been very delicate. Some people even use the phrase "Whether you are good or not ultimately depends on who your teacher is" to satirize those who engage in misconduct in academia.

So many talented young people are willing to risk their lives to become disciples of certain academic tycoons. Is it really for the sake of pursuing the truth, or for something else?

So even though many students usually seem indifferent, they become much more lively after arriving at Li Ye's dormitory. They laugh and joke around, which has a bit of the feel of chatting and joking around in the dormitory during college days.

However, if Li Ye told these people that he had just rejected a very strong offer, he wondered if Duan Jiajun and the others would scold him for "not knowing what's good for him".

Do you think this kind of opportunity is something you can just pick up anywhere? You might only encounter it once in your lifetime, and you're actually thinking of waiting?

Just as everyone was about to dig deeper into Li Ye's case, someone outside suddenly shouted.

"Li Ye, the phone!"

"Oh, here we come."

Because of D School's requirements, Li Ye lost his "freedom of communication" and returned to the era of landline phones. Of course, the school was not deliberately making things difficult for everyone, but under these circumstances, unless it was something urgent, no one would contact the outside world.

Okay, this is school, everyone should focus on their studies!

Li Ye ran to the landline and answered it; it was Zhou Ziqing calling.

"Mr. Li, the construction contract for the office building was signed yesterday. Then Jin Hong asked Lao Yang to immediately pay 20% of the entry fee, but Lao Yang only paid 10% because your signature wasn't on it. The remaining 10% will be paid after all the work is completed."
Today, Jin Hong again asked Lao Yang to pay for the materials. Lao Yang said that payment would only be made after the materials arrived and passed inspection.

"Then this afternoon, Master Kang contacted Cong Jinhong to inquire about building materials. Cong Jinhong was very impatient. Master Kang reminded us that no matter how much the entry fee we pay, the contractor may delay entering the site or even not enter at all."

Zhou Ziqing quickly described the situation over the past few days, saying that Jin Hong and others' actions were "all within expectations," only Lao Yang's behavior was somewhat unexpected for Li Ye.

It has to be said that Li Ye played a large part in the reason why Lao Yang was able to become the head of finance. Now, Lao Yang naturally has to stand on Li Ye's side, at least to make Cong Jin Hong and others understand Li Ye's importance.

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Li Ye thought for a moment and said, "Tell Kang Zhizhong not to rush, let the bullets fly a little longer."

Zhou Ziqing: "."

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Li Ye wanted to let the bullets fly for a while, but Jin Hong was getting anxious.

Before the construction contract was signed, Cong Jinhong had already notified her relatives to prepare for a "go-all-out" effort. Suppliers for steel bars, cement, and other materials had already been secured, and they were just waiting for the contract to be signed so they could make a fortune. However, after the contract was signed, Lao Yang from the finance department started causing trouble. Despite the contract being signed and the payments being approved in a reasonable and compliant manner, he claimed there was no money.

Although Jin Hong had used this tactic to embarrass others before, she said, "A contract is a contract, finance is finance. The company doesn't have spare cash. If you don't 'communicate properly' with me, how can I allocate funds to you?"

But the office building is a key project this year. She said that Jin Hong is Shang Bin's confidante. If you, Lao Yang, dare to disobey Jin Hong, wouldn't that be slapping Jin Hong in the face and slapping Secretary Shang in the face?

So after the contract was signed, Jin Hong would pull Lao Yang into the conference room for small meetings every day under the guise of being the "head of the office building project team".

"Minister Yang, we've already signed the contracts, so we need to expedite the material supply. Building materials have been in very short supply these past few years; everyone has to pay cash upfront to pick them up, we simply can't offer credit."

Moreover, given the current market conditions, prices change daily. The price we agreed upon with them has increased several percentage points in the past few days, causing us to lose tens of thousands of yuan for no reason.

Faced with Jin Hong's earnest advice, Old Yang first took a small sip of tea, and then slowly and deliberately explained his reasons.

"As the team leader, I completely understand your feelings, but even the most skilled cook can't cook without rice. Our group has only recently merged, and we don't have much income at all."

The higher-ups only allocated us a tiny amount of money, and the expenditure plan is already stretched to next year! The day before yesterday, I managed to scrape together a few million to pay the contractor's entry fee; that's already living beyond my means.
Now you want to spend several million to buy materials. I couldn't even get that much money if I sold myself!

Old Yang poured out his grievances, but Jin Hong was furious, because in his opinion, Old Yang wasn't poor at all; on the contrary, he was rolling in money.

Putting aside the fact that the light vehicle company's performance this year has been exceptionally good, and a portion of its profits has already been handed over to the group for unified allocation, although Shang Bin was very dissatisfied with the amount of this profit, in Cong Jin Hong's eyes, it was already a large sum of money.

The second loan from Zhongxin Company has also been disbursed. Old Yang can access tens of millions of yuan with just a few strokes of his pen. Now it's just a few million yuan, but Old Yang is as stingy as Scrooge. It's infuriating.

Jin Hong let out a breath, suppressing the anger in her heart, and forced a smile, saying, "Minister Yang, Li Ye told me back then that the funds for the office building were for a specific purpose. Zhongxin Company notified me that the loan had been received. Haven't you received it?"

"Of course I received the money, but it's earmarked for specific purposes, and there needs to be an explanation as to how it will be used."

Old Yang's smile faded. He placed his teacup on the conference table and said seriously, "Before Li Ye went to D School for further studies, he instructed the team leader that this money must be strictly controlled."

But now we've paid the entry fee, their equipment hasn't even arrived, and the earthwork hasn't started yet. Why are we in such a hurry to start purchasing building materials?

Market fluctuations are inevitable. A few points up today might drop a few points tomorrow. Team leader, you shouldn't be worried about that now; you should be more concerned about why the contractor hasn't started work yet.”

"Since the team leader is away, and now that Deputy Team Leader Li is not here, the entire project for the office building rests on your shoulders. You have a heavy burden to bear!"

"My burden is heavy, what's the big deal?"

Jin Hong almost started cursing.

Don't you know why the contractor isn't coming to the site, Lao Yang? Isn't it because you didn't pay the entry fee in full?
Besides, what does it matter to me whether they get in or not? I only care about my material costs and my share of the profits.

(End of this chapter)